Kitchen-range.



W. R. K. STANFORD.

KITCHEN RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED 1350.18. 1911.

Patented May 13, 1913 :gl-1mg llllllll; 4`

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Attorneys m, wir! I COLUMBIA PLNOGRAPII C0., WASHINGTON. l) C.

WILLIAM R. K. STANFORD, OF LAWLEY, ALABAMA.

KITCHEN-RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

Application filed December 18, 1911. Serial No. 666,413.

To alt 107mm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. K. Sl'rnN- ronD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawley, in the county of Bible and State of Alabama, have invented a new and nseful Kitchen-Range, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen ranges of that type wherein the fire pot and ash pit are separated from the oven and its tlues by a metal partition on which the fire pot and grate are partly supported.

One of the objects of the invention 1s to provide means applicable to such a stove for mingling hot air with the products of combustion passing off from the lire pot to consume the smoke therein.

With the foregoing and other objectsin view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the coinbination and arrangement of parts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment ot the invention herein disclosed can be nl ade within the scope of what is claimed, w1th out departing from the spirit of the 1nvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Iligure 1 is a longitudinal section of a stove constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a section through the range on the line AB Fig. l, a portion of the fire pot being removed.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates the fire pot of the stove separated by the/partition 2 from the smoke flues 3 of the oven. This partition does not, of course, extend up to the top of the stove, the usual space being provided for the direct draft to the smoke pipe 4. A damper 5 is shown for controlling the direct and indirect draft of the oven, but this forms no part of the present invention.

The partition 2 is provided with ledges 6 on which rests the grate 7 of the fire pot. In the partition 2 is formed a series of channels 8 extending from below the grate to a point close to the top of the partition. The top of this partition is provided with a flange 0 on which rests the flanged upper edge of the lire pot 1. Openings l0 are formed in this flange and at the upper ends of the channels 8 and these openings forni nozzles through which air may flow into the space below the stove top and above the fire pot. By thus forming an air space between the partition 2 and the fire pot sufficient air is heated and directed through the openings l0 to combine with and burn the smoke contained in the products of combustion and as the jets of air issue in the direction in which the products of combustion are traveling, the suction created by the draft of the stove is suflicient to maintain a proper flow of this heated air. .It is to be understood of course that the particular method of forming the air channels can be changed according as the invention is applied to sheet metal or cast metal ranges.

W hat is claimed is l. In a stove, the combination with opposed partitions having inwardly directed top flanges, of a fire potbearingdownwardly on the flanges and supported thereby between the partitions, there being openings within the contacting portions of the flanges and fire pot and constituting nozzles, there being longitiulinal depressions or channels within the partitions and extending from the openings downwardly to point-s below the fire pot.

2. In a stove, the combination with op ositely disposed partitions having inwardly directed supporting flanges at their upper edges, of a lire pot interposed between the partitions and having outstanding flanges bearing downwardly on the flanges of the partitions, there being openings through the cont-acting flanges, said partitions having longitudinally extending depressions or channels extending from the openings in the flanges and downwardly 'to points below the fire pot to receive air from the ash chamber under the fire pot.

l. In a stove, oppositely disposed partitions constituting walls of an ash conlpartment., said partitions having inwardly directcd top flanges, a fire pot having outstanding flanges supported by the flanges on the partitions, there being openings through the flange of one of the partitions and the adjacent flange of the fire pot, said partition having longitudinal depressions in one face thereof forming channels communicating with the openings in the flange and with the ash compartment below the fire pot, said fire pot having its outer walls converging downwardly to form an air space between the iire pot and the partitions, spaced ledges my own, I have hereto affixed my signature upoi1 the partitions, nd a grate supported in the presence of two witnesses.

by t e lec ges, there eino' air assages between the ledges, said longitudiiial channels WILLIAM R K' STANFORD' or depressions extending below the grate Witnesses:

supporting ledges. T. W. JEFFERSON, In testimony that l claim the foregoing as J. S. LATHAH.

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